ECR Spotlight

Created in January 02, 2026

2026

Following the publication of the third chapter of my PhD, I had the pleasure of being interviewed as an early-career researcher by the Journal of Experimental Biology

Interview

(“ECR Spotlight – Martin Dessart,” 2026)

References

2026

ECR Spotlight – Martin Dessart

Journal of Experimental Biology, Jan 2026

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ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology but also the huge variety of animals and physiological systems that are essential for the ‘comparative’ approach. Martin Dessart is an author on ‘ Acute and chronic sublethal chemical pollution affects activity, learning and memory in mosquito larvae’, published in JEB. Martin conducted the research described in this article while a PhD candidate in Claudio Lazzari’s lab at Insect Biology Research Institute - UMR 7261 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/University of Tours, France. Martin is now a Postdoctoral associate in the lab of Clement Vinauger at Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, USA, investigating how animals, particularly insects, integrate information from their environment to adapt their behaviour.